By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — An effort to nullify federal gun control laws and jail any federal agents trying to enforce them cleared the Missouri Senate Thursday, but a court challenge...

By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Senators endorsed legislation Tuesday that would institute performance-based funding for the state's four-year universities, but only in years...

By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Bowing to pressure from the National Rifle Association, the Missouri Senate on Monday stripped a provision from a broad gun rights bill that would have required...

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Republican senators resoundingly rejected a plan Wednesday to expand Medicaid coverage to several hundred thousand lower-income adults as they began debate...

By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Rising propane prices led some Missouri senators to call for an investigation into why the typically abundant gas was running out and putting a strain on...

By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Amid warnings from business groups and car manufacturers about using higher concentrations of ethanol in gasoline, a Missouri Senate committee considered...

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon is criticizing an income tax cut plan endorsed by a Missouri Senate committee. Nixon's office issued a news release Thursday calling the legislation a "fiscally...

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A top Senate Republican says an overhaul of Missouri's criminal code will be high on the priority list for this year's legislative session. President Pro Tem Tom Dempsey,...

By DONNA CASSATA  (WASHINGTON, AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has secured public support from nearly half the Senate, but not enough votes, for her proposal to give victims of rape and sexual assault...

By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Seven weeks after thwarting a veto override attempt on a highly publicized gun bill, a Missouri Senate leader put forth a pared-back proposal Thursday that...

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt said Thursday there were no winners in a dispute that led to the 16-day partial shutdown of the federal government. Blunt was the lone Republican...

By PHILIP ELLIOTT (WASHINGTON, AP) — Lower interest rates on all student loans are in sight. The Senate was set to take up a bill Wednesday that would link interest rates to the financial markets, providing...